Word: beek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pair of brothers, J. Lawrence Pool '28 and Beekman "Beek" Pool '32, put on a show of power that hasn't been equalled since. Lawrence's strength literally wore his opponents down, and the National title fell...
...younger brother, with a forearm like a mutton chop, who was the greatest slugger of all. Beek was shorter and chunkier than Lawrence. Cowles persuaded him to keep hitting harder and harder until his services were so fast that opponents were sometimes hit by the rebounding ball before they could move. Sweeping the American and Canadian Intercollegiates, Beekman added the National Singles...
...combine such divergent tones without antagonizing or unintentionally amusing the reader takes skill--and courage. In using so many obscure references Dahlerg again risks a very unfavorable reaction. Yet he succeeds in both cases because we understand his purpose in creating this beek...